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  • G Greythan wrote on last edited by

    That was my point, cmac, if you took a second to think about it. There's nothing at all that can be drawn from any of this crap until one of the QB's is dealt or we keep 'em both.

    Pluto's pretty well respected. His opinion is we'll go with Quinn. It simply points out that these things can be intrepreted any way you wish.

  • ballpeenB ballpeen wrote on last edited by

    Exactly, and why it always causes a big fuss when discussed.

    Everybody has a opinion, and very few of them are the same.

  • Thats all i can say if DA or our new qb falls flat on his face mankok better be ready to leave town in a hurry because a fools move like this instantly voids the honeymoon and i would have to look at a deal like this as a backscratching deal that benefits everyone but the browns fans and perhaps the browns themselves in the near future...as we watch bq develope into an elite qb while we have shit to show for it..call me a homer but the fact is you dont trade a potential franchise qb thats a homeboy,a browns fan and never got a fair shot to see what he has for 2 drafts in a bush...to do so gaurantees mankok a quick ride out of town if he fails to move this team to the playoffs really fast..afterall its hard to sell tickets to a disenchanted fanbase when your new qb replaces a fan favorite and then loses..

    Now lets picture DA just getting the job handed to him...is that some big anti-mankok signs close to all those empty seats i see there?

    sisky fringoS sisky fringo wrote on last edited by sisky fringo

    @gips said:

    Thats all i can say if DA or our new qb falls flat on his face mankok better be ready to leave town in a hurry because a fools move like this instantly voids the honeymoon and i would have to look at a deal like this as a backscratching deal that benefits everyone but the browns fans and perhaps the browns themselves in the near future...as we watch bq develope into an elite qb while we have shit to show for it..call me a homer but the fact is you dont trade a potential franchise qb thats a homeboy,a browns fan and never got a fair shot to see what he has for 2 drafts in a bush...to do so gaurantees mankok a quick ride out of town if he fails to move this team to the playoffs really fast..afterall its hard to sell tickets to a disenchanted fanbase when your new qb replaces a fan favorite and then loses..

    Now lets picture DA just getting the job handed to him...is that some big anti-mankok signs close to all those empty seats i see there?

    in review.......

    Mangini is not stupid enough to alienate 90% of the Browns fan-base by shipping out BQ before he's been exposed. The Nation needs to see it w/ their own eyes or they'll cry forever.
  • Zombo said:

    So basically we are trading Quinn for a first and second in this scenario?

    That's not bad. But I don't hate Anderson as much as the rest of you.

    It's basically up to Mangini ... either he thinks Quinn is a franchise QB or he doesn't ... he needs to make that call.

    Zombo

    Anderson would do more than fine as the QB this season if he had too and even if he didn't it would give the Stains a real shot at rebuilding much sooner than later. Quinn is not the be all end all and certainly not the QB to "save" the franchise. He's not that good. Grabbing a 1st and a 2nd for him would be like hitting the lottery especially as others have pointed out that the Stains would have 2 1sts and 3 seconds. Nuts. I'd do it in a New York minute if I were a Browns fan.

    sisky fringoS sisky fringo wrote on last edited by

    @snatch98 said:

    Grabbing a 1st and a 2nd for him would be like hitting the lottery especially as others have pointed out that the Browns would have 2 1sts and 3 seconds. Nuts. I'd do it in a New York minute if I were a Browns fan.

    sounds pretty expensive to me. do they have the cap room to sign that many that high?

  • I don't see Denver trading Cutler straight up for Quinn. (This is the case if the Jets give up the picks.)

    The Jets might do this deal. Do they think Cutler is worth a 1st/2nd? They might.

    Browns would have to look long and hard at this. 1st and 2nd? That's massive value for any QB, especially one who has three starts under his belt.

    I just don't see the Broncos parting with Cutler for this price tag. Not enough in return. (Unless they know something about Quinn that we don't. 😉 )

    sisky fringoS sisky fringo wrote on last edited by

    @greythan said:

    I don't see Denver trading Cutler straight up for Quinn. (This is the case if the Jets give up the picks.)

    The Jets might do this deal. Do they think Cutler is worth a 1st/2nd? They might.

    Browns would have to look long and hard at this. 1st and 2nd? That's massive value for any QB, especially one who has three starts under his belt.

    I just don't see the Broncos parting with Cutler for this price tag. Not enough in return. (Unless they know something about Quinn that we don't. 😉 )

    agreed. more likely IMO is the jets get cutler, we get a first, and the broncs get Quinn and the 2nd.

  • @snatch98 said:

    Grabbing a 1st and a 2nd for him would be like hitting the lottery especially as others have pointed out that the Browns would have 2 1sts and 3 seconds. Nuts. I'd do it in a New York minute if I were a Browns fan.

    sounds pretty expensive to me. do they have the cap room to sign that many that high?

    GeechG Geech wrote on last edited by Geech

    @sisky-fringo said:

    sounds pretty expensive to me. do they have the cap room to sign that many that high?

    I don't see why not. There is a HUGE dropoff in money somewhere around the 7th to 8th overall pick. A guy drafted in the teens will likely get a 5 year, $10 million deal with about 6 or so million guaranteed, unless your name is Kamerion Wimbley and the guy signing you is some newbie named Phil Savage, in which case you'd get a $4 million per year deal, although $6 million of that is in the last year of the deal.

    -Al

  • sisky fringoS sisky fringo wrote on last edited by sisky fringo

    thanks Al.

    kok/man has blown this team up more than i thought they would already. i'm pleased so far, whatever they do they get a wait and see from me.

    i failed to read the entire thread before posting so apologies to whose who first posted thoughts that mirror my own.

  • thanks Al.

    kok/man has blown this team up more than i thought they would already. i'm pleased so far, whatever they do they get a wait and see from me.

    i failed to read the entire thread before posting so apologies to whose who first posted thoughts that mirror my own.

    GeechG Geech wrote on last edited by Geech

    @sisky-fringo said:

    thanks Al.

    Wow, my numbers are from 2006 or something. I remembered that Thomas5737 posted last year's rookie deals recently, so I dug up the following post for you. It would still indicate that a mid - late 1st rounder and another 2nd rounder or two wouldn't leave us in a financial bind.

    @thomas5737 said:

    Pk Player Pos. Team Status Contract

    1. Jake Long OT Miami Signed 5 years, $57.5 million ($30M guaranteed)

    2. Chris Long DE St. Louis Signed 6 years, $56.5 million ($29M guaranteed)

    3. Matt Ryan QB Atlanta Signed 6 years, $72 million ($34M guaranteed)

    4. Darren McFadden RB Oakland Signed 6 years, $60 million ($26M guaranteed)

    5. Glenn Dorsey DT Kansas City Signed 5 years, $51 million ($23M guaranteed)

    6. Vernon Gholston DE N.Y. Jets Signed 5 years, $50 million ($21M guaranteed)

    7. Sedrick Ellis DT New Orleans Signed 5 years, $49 million ($19.5M guaranteed)

    8. Derrick Harvey DE Jacksonville Signed 5 years, $33.4 million ($17.177M guaranteed)

    9. Keith Rivers LB Cincinnati Signed 6 years, $23 million ($15.6M guaranteed)

    10. Jerod Mayo LB New England Signed 5 years, $18.9 million ($13.8M guaranteed)

    11. Leodis McKelvin CB Buffalo Signed 5 years, $19.4 million ($12.6M guaranteed)

    12. Ryan Clady OT Denver Signed 5 years, $17.5 million ($11.5M guaranteed)

    13. Jonathan Stewart RB Carolina Signed 5 years, $20 million ($10.795M guaranteed)

    14. Chris Williams OT Chicago Signed 5 years, $16 million ($10M guaranteed)

    15. Branden Albert OG Kansas City Signed 5 years, $15.8 million ($9.2M guaranteed)

    16. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie CB Arizona Signed 5 years, $15.1 million ($9M guaranteed)

    17. Gosder Cherilus OT Detroit Signed 5 years, $15 million ($8.9M guaranteed)

    18. Joe Flacco QB Baltimore Signed 5 years, $30 million ($8.75M guaranteed)

    19. Jeff Otah OT Carolina Signed 5 years, $14.4 million ($8.965M guaranteed)

    20. Aqib Talib CB Tampa Bay Signed 5 years, $14 million ($8.2M guaranteed)

    21. Sam Baker OT Atlanta Signed 5 years, $13.5 million ($7.8M guaranteed)

    22. Felix Jones RB Dallas Signed 5 years, $10.5 million ($8M guaranteed)

    23. Rashard Mendenhall RB Pittsburgh Signed 5 years, $12.555 million ($7.125M guaranteed)

    24. Chris Johnson RB Tennessee Signed 5 years, $12 million ($7M guaranteed)

    25. Mike Jenkins CB Dallas Signed 5 years, $9.7 million ($7M guaranteed)

    26. Duane Brown OT Houston Signed 5 years, $11.4 million ($6.5M guaranteed)

    27. Antoine Cason CB San Diego Signed 5 years, $12.03 million

    28. Lawrence Jackson DE Seattle Signed 5 years, $11.25 million ($6.1M guaranteed)

    29. Kentwan Balmer DE San Francisco Signed 5 years, $11.5 million ($6M guaranteed)

    30. Dustin Keller TE N.Y. Jets Signed 5 years, $12 million ($6M guaranteed)

    31. Kenny Phillips FS N.Y. Giants Signed 5 years, $11.15 million

    -Al

  • @greythan said:

    I just don't see the Broncos parting with Cutler for this price tag. Not enough in return. (Unless they know something about Quinn that we don't. 😉 )

    And this is what it comes down to. The bulk of Cutler's contract has already been paid, and his salary this year is almost nothing (by NFL starting QB standards, at least)....it's around 1.5 mil. They can afford to keep him on the shelf and treat him as a hold-out. I really don't see them trading him unless they get a JAW-DROPPINGLY FAVORABLE trade for them....and just getting Quinn is nowhere close to that.

    Because of his contract status they have no NEED to trade him, but there has been a lot of interest generated. I think they're just listening to see if they get an amazing offer. Anything short of that and I think Cutler will still be a Donkey this fall.

    T Timugen wrote on last edited by Timugen

    @timugen said:

    And this is what it comes down to. The bulk of Cutler's contract has already been paid, and his salary this year is almost nothing (by NFL starting QB standards, at least)....it's around 1.5 mil. They can afford to keep him on the shelf and treat him as a hold-out. I really don't see them trading him unless they get a JAW-DROPPINGLY FAVORABLE trade for them....and just getting Quinn is nowhere close to that.

    Because of his contract status they have no NEED to trade him, but there has been a lot of interest generated. I think they're just listening to see if they get an amazing offer. Anything short of that and I think Cutler will still be a Donkey this fall.

    You will see McDaniels tonight on NFL Network (7PM EST, I believe) in an interview talking about how Cutler is their QB. He also says something along the lines of "nobody can predict the future" when asked if Cutler would be their QB in the future. They're definitely listening to offers, but it would seem they have every intention of holding on to him unless some team offers them the world.....which we don't have to offer.

    Cutler can ask for a trade until he's blue in the face.....but it doesn't mean jack shit if there isn't a team offering what Denver would consider an acceptable trade.

    They have him on the cheap for this year, so unless somebody offers A LOT he'll still be in Denver whether his whiny ass likes it or not.

    IF anyone trades for Cutler, that team will most likely be on the short end of that deal, just because of the position Denver is in. They would have all the leverage. I just don't want us to be that team on the short end of a big trade, whether it involves Quinn or DA.

  • ballpeenB ballpeen wrote on last edited by

    The Jets would be that team....not us.

    If the jets are hot for Cutler, and need us to be the conduit to that trade, we won't come up short.

    We will end up with a first rounder plus.

    A first rounder alone is more than Quinn is worth....players are like cars...they depreciate quickly as soon as that first season is done.

  • The Jets would be that team....not us.

    If the jets are hot for Cutler, and need us to be the conduit to that trade, we won't come up short.

    We will end up with a first rounder plus.

    A first rounder alone is more than Quinn is worth....players are like cars...they depreciate quickly as soon as that first season is done.

    Y YtownBrownsBacker wrote on last edited by

    @ballpeen said:

    The Jets would be that team....not us.

    If the jets are hot for Cutler, and need us to be the conduit to that trade, we won't come up short.

    We will end up with a first rounder plus.

    A first rounder alone is more than Quinn is worth....players are like cars...they depreciate quickly as soon as that first season is done.

    In Kokinis's interview today at the owners meetings he said he isn't shopping Quinn or Anderson and expects them both to be in camp for a QB competition.

    Now, who knows what that means.

  • ballpeenB ballpeen wrote on last edited by

    I saw that, and posted somewhere...